Sunshine will soon help generate energy and save money at the campuses of Lakewood and Millikan high schools. Both campuses are about 20 percent finished with a project to install solar panels, much like those already installed at Cabrillo High School in West Long Beach, according to Long Beach Unified School District officials.

A community garden is blossoming on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. The Grow Beach University Garden is under construction and is expected to open by early January. The plot of land sits near the Housing and Residential Life building off Atherton Street, and at the outset 5-by-5-foot plots will be available for students only.

The Long Beach-based CSU system saw a sizable uptick in philanthropic giving last year, according to university officials. A preliminary tally by the CSU found a 36 percent increase in giving to campuses in the 23-school system compared with the previous year, according to the CSU Chancellor’s Office. Initial data show a rec

Rossmoor Elementary School in Los Alamitos Unified School District and Whitney High School in Cerritos were two of 24 California schools that received National Blue Ribbon awards this year. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last week recognized the California schools based on their academic excellence or progress in closing achieve

Cal State Long Beach ranked second for having the lowest student debt and sixth in best public regional universities in the West, officials said. The university announced the accolades last week, including the distinction that its engineering department was considered one of the top programs in the nation for schools that offer bachelor&r

LONG BEACH – For a campus where black and Latino students make up more than 80 percent of the student population, Burnett Elementary School has an ironic namesake. Peter H. Burnett was California’s first governor, who strove to oppress minority groups in the Golden State and Oregon. On Tuesday, the Long Beach Unified Sc

Thirteen candidates have applied to fill an open seat on the Long Beach City College board of trustees. The board will interview the 13 candidates who applied for the position at a Sept. 9 meeting and rate them. Three to five finalists again will go before the board Sept. 11, when the new trustee will be chosen. Former trustee Robe

Like any teenager, adolescent great white sharks don’t like to hang out with their parents.
While many mature great whites spend much of their time feasting on seals in popular feeding areas like the central California coast, their offspring spend much of their time dining on fish in Southern California.
Researchers behind

Nine Jordan High students weren’t allowed to attend grad night after being caught cheating on a final exam, school officials said.
The students all received a zero on the test and weren’t allowed to attend Jordan’s graduation night at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, according to Long Beach Unified School District

Here are the academic superstars from our Long Beach high schools for the Class of 2014. The names were provided by each high school and include the student’s college choice:
Cabrillo High School
Avril Dalin, UC Berkeley
Kelly Garcia, UCLA
Jordan High School
Monica Ban

With a cast as sweet as the subject matter, Leal Elementary School’s recent production of “Willy Wonka Jr.” was a joyful adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1964 classic “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
Kicking off the show was Daniel Victoria as Willy Wonka. From Novalie Loput-Lastra masterfully holding on

The summer officially begins today for seniors who attended Cabrillo High School. On Tuesday, 535 students graduated from the Long Beach high school, kicking off a busy week of commencement ceremonies throughout the district. This week, 12 graduations will take place at schools in the Long Beach Unified School District. Ca

In my school, there are many teachers, but my favorite teacher is Mr. Lawrence Sevilla. He teaches fifth grade here at Cubberley Elementary. Mr. Sevilla makes me feel important and successful at school. He is the most adaptable, fun-loving, hardworking teacher at Cubberley.
Mr. Sevilla is a good role model because he inspires and influen

Thousands of Long Beach students are preparing for life after graduation leading up to this week’s marathon of commencements.
While the options for students fresh out of high school vary from technical colleges, the workforce and four-year universities and community colleges, the vast majority are enrolled in a college during the f

When she was 14 years old, Norrell Thompson faced two choices: Leave Puerto Rico and a life of abuse or end her life.
She chose life and decided to move back to the U.S., where she was born and lived with a father she barely knew while attending high school. Shortly after graduation, her grandmother died and she returned to the Caribbean